Nissan GTR Thread
 

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2008 Nissan GT-R unveiled on cover of Motor Trend

Posted Oct 16th 2007 9:12AM by Alex Nunez
Filed under: Coupes, Sports/GTs, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan
Motor trend December 2008Today is October 16, but Motor Authority reports that the December issue of Motor Trend has begun arriving in some subscribers' mailboxes. What those readers will find on the cover is the first unmasked photo of the 2008 Nissan GT-R. According to MT's headline, the GT-R boasts a 0-60 of 3.5 seconds, an 11.7-second quarter mile, a 192 mph top speed, and a sub-$80K price. Motor Authority had no additional info, but we expect to see that explode onto the web in the immediate future as other outlets sitting on long-lead info react to the Motor Trend release. As for the car, it looks good to us. It essentially retains the GT-R Proto's appearance minus the Alice Cooper makeup under the headlamps. We'll wait for the information/photo avalanche to comment further, as we'd like to hear the final engine specs, too. Stay tuned for more. As you know already, we'll be in Japan next week to see the big reveal in person.

We're curious to know if any readers have actually received their copy of the December issue of Motor Trend, as Motor Authority doesn't make it clear if it actually has a copy in hand. The cover you see to the right is not a scan, but appears to be an image made from an actual PDF that Motor Trend staff would use to proof read the issue. In the enlarged version you can still see the cut markers where the page would be trimmed by the printer. We're not sure where Motor Authority got the image, but have already emailed Angus MacKenzie at MT to find out what's up.

The Bot needs to sleep sometime :)

Ok, well tell, him ;) he can nap on this one. I got it. :bigok:

Hi-res cover.

http://www.motorauthority.com/images..._cover_dec.jpg

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Pretty much was expecting it to look like that (even though that is not an official pic). I want to see specs and other bits once it makes its official debut.

nice celica headlights.....:barf:

well the front end used to look decent till this crap.

hopefully they didnt butcher the rest of the car....

Nice find exitspeed. Can't wait to get this issue in the mail. Did the front bumper get designed by the same guy who did the X front bumper?

z and g both look like that too

If i had 80 i would have put my order in already

nice car

I don't care what anyone says The Hi res pics look pretty dope. I am sure its going to look even nicer in person. Those 0-60 specs put it right league with a Turbo Carrera as well and thats a pretty phenomenal 1/4 mile. I think the car is going beyond some peoples expectations and living up to others.

I do concur with Steve if I had a spare 80 right now my order would be in.

I wonder who leaked the cover. Maybe someone at the printer or maybe even inside MT. Huge trouble if the person(s) get caught, but who cares we get to see it early.

It's like a Celica and a Mitsubishi had gay sex and then the aborted fetus came out and was called GT-R.

Still... 3.5 seconds.... fuck.... I'd drive that any day. Corvette Killer? That's a Ferrari Fucker.

http://www.japanesesportcars.com/ima...elica10247.jpg

Yeah, I can see it.

Scott your just hating because you secretly want one and don't have the cash. :D

my car does that on drs ;)

First thing I thought about when I saw this was:

I want to masturbate now. But I'm at work. Darn.

Celica never popped into me head at all.

What worries me is why doesn't it say under $70k? No I am not trying to start another war. :D Just really curious because I thought it was going to be around $68k...

Nor mine, I see Aston Martin front end and Jag Front end combined with 350z. Only people who can't afford expensive cars see Celica LOL

A, it says under $80k. :ugh:

B, guess you were wrong.

But no seriously, maybe they are referring to the 3.5 second one being that price. Maybe the lower performing GTR's are in the $68 k range.

Also, you have to remember, up until now, everything was nothing more then speculation.

I know it says under $80k, I was wondering why it didn't say under $70k, which would mean it's going to sell for the speculated $68k price. Which it obviously is not.

Now if this is the evo version and it is going for less than $80k that would be nice.

I have to get rich before this thing comes out... hmmm....

^Robbing a bank works if you don't get caught. lol


Maybe the base is $78k with those times and the evo has even better times now that would be sick.

We'll have all of these answers in just 10 short days.

Oh and now that this pic has been leaked I give it til the end of the week for Official Shots from Nissan.

I happened to like the Alice Cooper make up under the headlamps. Billion Dollar Babies

i'm sure the motor/tech is kick ass. imo the body looks like crap.

sigh.... even if i had FIFTY thousand I'd STILL have a hard time affording it..... come on lotto!!

Actually 50g's as a down payment and payments shouldnt be too bad. Its a badass mutherfcuker I dont care what anyone says. Although Im not to happy about the exterior, I can see this car being one of the better looking cars in a few years. I cant wait to see this car in person.

I bet its ganna have dealer markup like a mofo.

I agree, I liked the "alice cooper" styling. the surfacing under the headlights just looks awkward. but oh well, i'm sure a whole bunch of them won't stay stock for long.

sigh. i need to get rich before they release a V-Spec Z-tuned version with . that should give me 5~ years

That's pretty amazing if it's true.

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